Due by September 30th. Accepted between September 1 and January 15.

Please submit class work to: hogwarts@cosmoschaise.co.uk with the following title: Castle Assignment 1 - [HOL Name] (with your HOL name in place of [HOL Name], natch). Be sure to include your full HOL Name and house somewhere in the email.

You must submit the assignment as a whole; do not send in separate emails for homework and extra credit. Attachments are fine and in fact preferred over image hosting links.

Assignment 1

Short Answer (10 points)

1. What are three ways the castle is protected magically? (3 points)
2. List three different areas of the Hogwarts grounds. (3 points)
3. Describe where Hogwarts is located. (2 points)
4. When did the Hogwarts Express it make the switch to running completely on magic? When did it become the primary method students used to reach Hogwarts? (2 points)

Fill in the Blanks (10 points)

Hogwarts, Hogwarts, Hoggy Warty Hogwarts,
Teach us something _____,
Whether we be old and _____,
Or young with _____ knees,
Our _____ could do with filling,
With some _____ stuff,
For now they're _____ and full of air,
Dead flies and bits of _____,
So teach us _____ worth knowing,
Bring back what we've forgot,
_____ do your best, we'll do the rest,
And learn until our _____ all rot.

Creative Twist (10 points)

Option #1: It's time to show off your freestylin' skills — the headmaster has asked you to come up with a new school song for Hogwarts! (For full points, it needs to be at least 12 lines.)
Option #2: Create a new Hogwarts crest! Send in a drawing or digital image of your take on the Hogwarts crest. (Or, if you can't or don't want to draw, you can describe it in detail of at least 150 words.)

Extra Credit 1

Below is a word search with fifteen (15) words and phrases from the lesson. Find as many as you can and send in your answers. Worth 30 points.

Click here to download the printable version of the word search.
A word search